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The U.S. Census Bureau says Pennsylvania's population rose a notch to become the fifth-most crowded state.
It has passed a shrinking Illinois by about 3,500 hundred people.
12.8 million people now call the Keystone State home.
It trails only...

Ex-state Representative Gordon Denlinger of Lancaster County says he'll seek the party's nomination in next year's election.
The 54-year-old trained accountant served 12 years in the House.
Already seeking the nomination is suburban...

Senate Bill 446 gives the state department of drug and alcohol programs the authority to license or certify recovery homes that receive public funds or referrals from state, county, or federal agencies.
Among other things, the new law requires...

Tom Wolf says Senate Bill 3 is "an attempt to pass the most extreme anti-choice legislation in the country."
The measure would have banned abortions after 20 weeks, except in the rarest of circumstances.
Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel of...

The Montgomery County Democrat facing accusations of inappropriate behavior with several former female staffers-- posted the announcement on his Facebook page Monday afternoon, saying:
"While I've always been a gregarious person, it's...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has granted a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's broadening of the religious exemption to Obamacare's birth control mandate.
The exemption allowed groups, like the Little Sisters of the Poor, to...

Tom Wolf will veto the measure, Monday, in a ceremony at City Hall in Philadelphia.
The state Senate fell just two votes shy of achieving a "veto proof" majority when it passed a fetal pain awareness bill earlier this week.
The legislation...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says nearly 3,000 deer harvested by hunters in 2016-17 were donated to a nonprofit that distributes the venison to food banks.
The donation sets a record for the nonprofit, Hunters Sharing the Harvest, now in its...

Senate Bill 446 will give the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs regulatory authority to license or certify recovery homes that receive public funds or referrals from state, county, or federal agencies.
Before that legislation...